Report: Green Bay to play at Seattle in 2014 NFL regular season opener

Posted by Mike Wilkening on April 23, 2014, 7:07 PM EST

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We’ve known since season’s end that the Packers would get their first rematch with the Seahawks in Seattle since the “Fail Mary” game of 2012.

Now, we reportedly know when the clubs will meet.

According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Packers will travel to Seattle for the 2014 NFL regular-season opener on Thursday, September 4.

The game will be televised on NBC.

The matchup will be a major test for clubs right off the bat. The Packers have the task of solving one of the NFL’s most ferocious defenses. The defending-champion Seahawks, meanwhile, have to deal with a Packers club with a strong offense. And, as Packers fans surely would be happy to remind you, Green Bay had Seattle just about beaten in the regular season meeting two years ago, even after quarterback Aaron Rodgers was sacked eight times.

It’s about time these clubs met again in a game of consequence, and why not with the eyes of the league upon them in Week One?

Unlike Elway, Rodgers can move and elude the D making plays on his feet. What has bothered me about the fail Mary game is that GB fans seem to think this was totally on the Refs, but reality is you can not give up 10 sacs and leave this type of play on the field and then hope to win it in the last second. Should have the Packers won the game, of course, that is what pushed the NFL to bring back the refs. But regardless, if GB wants to win this one, they need to protect Rodgers better then they did last time.

fartweasel says:Apr 23, 2014 7:45 PM

wow.

wimpyburgers says:Apr 23, 2014 7:45 PM

I was at a couple Broncos-Seahawks games, and if I remember rightly, Elway was plenty fast once he got flushed; that’s why he drove Seattle crazy.

Seattle is much better than they were two years ago during the Fail Mary game. Russell Wilson still had his training wheel on. Now he is recognized as one of the best in the league. Seattle’s defense has matured, as well. The additions of Avril and Bennett make the D lethal. With a healthy Percy Harvin and Sidney Rice this will not be close.

GB’s window is closing?? Wow, cannot wait for game! The little birds will falter this year. Lacy – rushing 145yds, Rodgers passing 325 in a 10 point win. Yes, I know little bird fans, it will be the officiating!

Revenge is a dish best served cold…
What better way for karma to rear it’s head than for the Packers to ruin the homecoming party for those cheating bastards. The Fail Mary game killed the NFL’s integrity, it would be nice to see things be brought back to order with Aaron Rodgers ripping apart the Seattle Defense, and the irony of Russell Wilson throwing a game losing interception as time expires, this time with the proper officials.